Saturday, February 6, 2010

"Well, your wife has done it again." I bragged to my husband. I'd found a way to use the coconut oil I had lying around the house to effectively remove my eye makeup (saving money = victory dance).

I use coconut oil as a weekly treatment for my hair. Since I had recently run out of eye makeup remover, I got to thinking: if coconut oil can condition hair, keep it thick, soft, and dark, and remove excess sebum...that sounds like a great recipe for eyelashes too!

I tested my theory using Dabur Vatika Enriched coconut oil ($2.99 from the Indian store!). Besides coconut oil, it also contains herbs to further nourish your hair. For example, it contains soya extract to promote hair growth, brahmi for shine, henna for volume, lemon for removing dead skin cells, and rosemary for softening. Not to mention the smell is divine. Not bad for $2.99 right?

And here it is after using coconut oil (Woohoo! Not only was it clean, but my lids felt baby soft!):

Since coconut oil is solid at room temp and hence hard to squeeze out of a bottle, I depotted it into an empty Lush jar. This way I could easily dip my cotton balls into it and the top layer of the coconut oil was liquid:

I for one am done buying expensive makeup removers. Coconut oil removes everything quickly and thoroughly and leaves my eyelashes and lids feeling baby soft. I have a feeling we will be very happy forever.

OH My!! I need to get my hand on that Coconut Oil hahaha... I've never seen coconut oil around here, maybe I really have to go to Indian store hehehe... nice finding! does it sting, or leave your vision slightly blurry... and keeping it stored in lush pot doesnt make it go solid?

@witoxicity: After using this for the last month or so, I'd say be sure to take off contacts before hand. And if you can, get most of your eye makeup off with a facial cleanser, because it takes some time with coconut oil to scrape off all the mascara. Best of luck. :)

I try to oil my hair with coconut oil once a week or once every 2 weeks.. I used to use it as a serum last summer for curly hair instead of using other products & my curls were gorgeous each time.. I only needed like 4 drops for my whole hair too!

Yesterday, I was just thinking about trying Dabur Vatika. I always use Parachute. Such a great idea to use it as a makeup remover & store it in a Lush jar! Have you been using it as an eye makeup remover ever since? Let me know how it worked for you

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